Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Taraz have snapped up Nigeria international Izu Azuka from rivals FC Irtysh Pavlodar.<br /><br />With the 26 - year - old&rsquo;s former contract with Irtysh Pavlodar supposed to expire in December 2015, it means FC Taraz have bought out the player from the remainder of his contract, having signed a five - month deal with the 1996 champions.<br /><br />Hasan Egilmez, Izu Azuka&rsquo;s intermediary, said : &ldquo;He signed a five - month contract on Tuesday until the end of this season.<br /><br />&ldquo;We keep the doors open for the next window for Turkey again or China.<br /><br />&ldquo;The league is still going on, he is getting good money there and the coach of Taraz was crazy about him.&rdquo;<br /><br />For the remainder of this season, Izu Azuka will wear the number 13 shirt.<br /><br />A product of Sharks, the attacker previously defended the colours of teams in Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Turkey.<br />